Re: [twuug] spam that scares me

[John Whitten <brat@xxxxxxxx>]

I've been reading along and agreeing with you on most points-- but, you didn't 
pay for your phone. You paid for 1/0000001th of your phone (or whatever the 
number actually is). Just like the highway system, the telephone company 
takes your money and the marketer's money (and everybody else's money-- 
they're good at taking money actually) and they put it together and build the 
phone system. In that sense, they are a little like a mini-government 
(especially in the sense that they take as much of your money as they can pry 
loose) and aggregate it into a public works project-- the only difference is 
that they are a private company, and they keep taking your money.

On Monday 03 February 2003 12:26 am, Charles Shannon Hendrix spewed into the 
ether:
> On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 04:46:42PM -0500, HoytDuff wrote:
> > > I personally don't think they have this right.
> >
> > It is a privilege, like driving a car on a public highway.
>
> Uh... I paid for the highway.
>
> The marketers did NOT pay for my phone.
>
> Were you kidding?



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